Portable knockdown tent



Aug. 12, 1958 P. DRAGQ 2,847,017

PORTABLE KNOCKDOWN TENT Filed Jan. 4, 1957 Fig.4

Phi/1p Drago INVENTOR.

2,847,017 PatentedAug. 1 2, l95 8 United States Patent OfiFice The present invention relates to an improved portable knockdown canvas or an equivalenttent which is capable of practical use wherever and whenever a tent in' this category is usable. i

A general object of the invention is-to structurally, functionally and otherwise improve upon similarly constructed and usable tents. To this end, the invention features a novel one-piece canvas or an equivalent enclosure embodying vertical front, back and side walls and a top wall. The marginal upper edges of the vertical walls are stitched or otherwise connected to the outer marginal edges of the top wall thus providing the desired collapsible entity. The vertical seams between the adjacent edges of the vertical walls and the horizontal seams and between the cooperating marginal edges of the vertical and horizontal walls are provided with outstanding open-ended hems. The hems serve as attaching pockets for the over-all tent.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in combination with the above stated construction, a novel knockdown framework. The latter is characterized by vertical tubular posts which serve to support a horizontal top frame. The top frame is made up of a plurality of tubular frame members. The posts and frame members are fitted into the pocket-forming hems.

The invention further features flattening the end portions of the horizontal frame members and providing the same with registerable holes. The holes serve to receive insertable and removable headed pins and the pins pass down through the holes and telescope into the upper socket-fomiing-ends of the posts whereby to thus provide a novel framework for adequate support of the onepiece collapsible enclosure or tent.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portable knockdown tent constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention and showing the same erected and ready for use.

Figure 2 is an exaggerated sectional and elevational view of a fragmentary type taken on the vertical line Z2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one :orner portion of the enclosure or tent with the cooperating parts of the framework omitted for clearness of illus- :ration.

Figure 4 is an exploded fragmentary perspective view )f a corner portion of the framework.

Referring now to the drawing, the enclosure or tent is, ts stated, of one-piece collapsible form. It may be con- :tructed from canvas or an equivalent tent material. It s here shown of general rectangular form and, as before nentioned, is characterized by vertical side walls 6, a car wall 8 and a front wall, the latter wall made up of separable flaps 10 defining not only the required wall but the openable and closable entrance 12. The top wall, which is horizontal, is denoted by the numeral 14.

The marginal edges of the top wall 14 are stitched or otherwise connected as at 16 (Fig. 2) to the upper edges or marginal portions of the sides, front and back vertical walls. Therefore, the enclosure may be said to be of one-piece construction and readily collapsible, foldable and compact for storage, transportation and equivalent handling. To this end, the cooperating edge portions 18 and 20 are turned-in and stitched in the manner shown. This provides what is designated as a seam. The same stitching is used to secure in place the cooperating edge portions 22 of thewalls 24 of loop-like hems; The hems are comparatively large and are exteriorly disposed and thus attached to the vertical and horizontal walls and provide open-ended pockets. It will be noticed in this connection and particularly as brought out in Fig. 3, that I the open ends of the vertical as well as the horizontal hems or pockets terminate short of and are spaced from the respective corner portions 26 of the tent. The terminal ends in Fig. 3 are conveniently denoted by the numeral 28 for the horizontal hems and 29 for the vertical hems. With this construction the hems are shorter than the seams in which they are incorporated and the unobstructed space permits the parts of the framework to be exposed and assembled or disassembled as the case may be.

The framework is characterized by four tubular corner posts, one of which is detailed in Figs. 4 and denoted by the numeral 30. The upper end portion 32 provides a socket and also a support or rest. The tubular horizontal members of the top frame, of which there are four, are denoted by the numeral 34. The cooperating end portions are flattened at 36 and 38 and are intended to be overlapped in an obvious manner and as shown in the drawings, and these flattened ends are provided with pin or bolt holes 40 and 42. The holes register with each other and serve to accommodate the shank 44 of the insertable and removable headed bolt or pin 46. In other words, the pin is dropped down through the holes and the shank portion telescoped into the socket forming upper end 32. This interconnects the flattened end and also joins the frame with the post. Obviously, the posts 30 and also the frame members 34 are slipped into the openended pockets or hems and consequently the hems are suspended therefrom or attached thereto as the case may be. With the framework set up as shown in Fig. 1 and the post driven into the ground and the hems of the wall portions attached a satisfactory and reliable knockdown tent is provided.

For further convenience of description the horizontal hems or pockets are denoted by the numeral 48 while the vertical hems are denoted by the numeral 50. Since each corner construction is the same it is believed that the illustration in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, will serve to enable the reader to understand the over-all construction and also how the parts cooperate in either setting up the tent for use or subsequently dismantling it for transportation and storage. 1

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A temporarily usable tent-type beach cabana for, bathers comprising a ready-to-erect knockdown framework 3 embo'dying four rigid tubular members serving as vertical posts an'dhaving their 'lower ends driven and thus anchored in the beach, a horizontal top frame embodying four rigid coplanar horizontalframe members, .a collapsiblesone-piece canvas tent embodying t top, side, .front and rear walls having their cooperating ver't-ical and horizontal marginal edges joined permanently -by sewn seams, each seam havingran open-endedhern-ernbodied therein, said hems providing elongated open-ended -poekets, 'SziidpOSts and also saidiframe members being fitted removably in their, respective vertical and horizontal pocket forming. hems .and .serving .to .Iauteuwthe walls and f'thetent'inits usable condition, :all ofsaidrhems being shorter than-the seams in which they are incorp'orated, the uppenendsofflthe vertical hems and opposite Outer ends of -the l1 orizontal .herns closestto said .upper ends beingr spaced. from .each other and also from the :cooperating upper cornersofthe rover-all tent ina manner to "exposethe tconnectibleportions of the posts and frame members, the upper 'ends. .of said posts being-open and defining and providingsockets, the respective ends of said ftam'emembers 'beingfflattened, overlapped and having registering holes, and headed flame member assembling,

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 645,656 Wynkoop '-Mar. 20, 1900 2;I37;625 'Nbrvell TNov..12,',...1'938 Blanchard July 21, 4953 FOREIGN PATENTS I 7 4681145 Great Britain June '21, 1937 

